The younger brother to Africa richest man, Aliko Dangote, Alhaji Sani Dangote of is dead.
He died said to have died on Sunday at a hospital in the United States of America.
The deceased was Group Vice President of Dangote Groups Plc.
A statement from Dangote Group reads, “INNA LILLAHI WA INNA ILAIHI RAJIUN. It is with a heavy heart but with total submission to Almighty Allah that we announce the passing on of our Group Vice President, Alhaji Sani Dangote today 14th November, 2021. May Allah SWT grant him mercy and admit him in aljannat al firdaus.’’
According to reports Sani Dangote was a businessman with over 30 years’ experience in manufacturing, agriculture and oil services.
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He sat on the board of several other companies which included the Nigerian Textile Mills Plc, Nutra Sweet Limited, Gum Arabic Limited, Dangote Textile Mills Limited, Alsan Insurance Brokers, Dan-Hydro Company Limited, Dansa Food Processing Company Limited and Dangote Farms Limited.
He was also the Deputy Chairman of the African Gum Arabic Producers Association and a two-time President of Lagos Polo Club in addition to being a professional polo player.
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The former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar in a tweet said Sani Dangote was an astute businessman who engaged in diverse sectors of the economy
Atiku; “It is with a heavy heart that I mourn the passing away of Sani Dangote, VP of Dangote Group and founder of Dansa Agro-allied Limited. He was an astute businessman engaged in diverse sectors of the economy,” .
Speaking on the death former senate president Dr Bukola Saraki said: ‘My family and I are extremely sad to learn about the death of Alhaji Sani Dangote, the Group Vice-President of the Dangote Group and younger brother to our dear friend, Alhaji Aliko Dangote.
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